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Reported Zika Cases Treble in US

2016-05-20 15:52:00| Happi Breaking News

Number of patients tops 150, according to CDC

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On the frontline of Brazils war with Zika, a mothers first question: How big is the head?

2016-04-24 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

LA Times: It's 7:30 a.m. and the hallway outside the neurosurgeon's office at the Pedro I Municipal Hospital is filling with mothers and their babies. The women arrive with questions: Will their children ever learn to walk? Will they ever speak? The doctor, Alba Batista, wishes she had answers. She used to see two, maybe three cases of microcephaly a year. But since December, more than 40 newborns with the condition -- an abnormally small skull, often with an underdeveloped brain -- have shown up...

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Health Official: Zika Not Worry Now for Pregnant Women in US

2016-04-17 23:58:33| Biotech - Topix.net

A top public health official says there's been no local transmission of the Zika virus in the United States, so any talk about women in the country delaying pregnancy "is not even an issue for discussion at this point." Dr. Anthony Fauci of the National Institutes of Health also says it's "very likely" the U.S. could see "local transmitted cases as we get into the robust mosquito season" this summer.

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Travel Q&A: Should the Zika virus change our travel plans?

2016-04-17 08:37:37| Biotech - Topix.net

Q: I have an opportunity to travel with my two girls to Puerto Rico for several weeks this summer. When I committed several months ago, the Zika virus was not a huge issue on the island.

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First reported case of Zika virus transmitted by anal sex

2016-04-16 10:19:05| Biotech - Topix.net

"Both vaginal and anal sex is an emerging mode of Zika virus infection that might contribute to more illness than was anticipated," said US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention researchers in their report. The CDC has suggested that both straight and LGBT couples use condoms after travelling to regions afflicted by Zika, which now includes 33 nations in the Americas.

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